I am a skier going on my second season out west. I like to charge and ski aggressive regardless of snow conditions. Currently ski on blizzard Cochise with atomic 2015 waymaker carbon boots. Flex is a 100 on the boots. I don't drop cliffs or anything nutty, probably max out at 5-6 foot features. Anyway, over the last couple ski days and in the tail end of last season, I developed some pain in my peroneous muscles (specifically peroneous brevis). This is the area a couple inches above ankle on the outer part of the leg. The pain isn't horrible (a lot of time not noticeable when skiing and tends to recover during the week). I notice the pain most when I am skiing through bumpy crud. Another thing is the pain isn't symmetric. Sometimes one foot hurts more than the other but generally it gets worse the more days and hours I put in.

My research on the issue suggests the cause of this pain coule be multiple factors. First one that comes to mind is skiing in the backseat. Last season, there were definitely times where this pain was triggered from a poor landings or two. This season I will think of nothing but staying aggressive and leaning forward and feel like my form is in fairly good condition. Besides boot issues, another reason I have heard is that I could be innitiating turns too much with my feet? This one is a bit confusing and I am not sure exactly what poor form with regards to feet means? I have also heard that the problem can be exasserbated by stiff wide underfoot skis (Cochise would definitely qualify). One thing that I haven't tried yet is cranking my boots as tight as they can go. Might do that the next day I am out.

In terms of treatment and prevention, I have started stretching and massaging the affected areas. I have also started doing calf raises to help strengthen the muscles. Another thing to mention is the my fitness level is very high. Currently doing something 7 days a week and feel quite a bit stronger than previous ski seasons.

I would like to rule out non boot issues first (throw out thoughts if you got em though) and try to isolate the cause of the problem. While I can still rip it up on the weekend, this little annoyance is keeping me from logging more hours and ultimately going to the next level of ski performance. Thoughts?

The day started off great at Copper today. After a few pow runs we went looking for something new but on the way I found a dead tree pointing straight up hill.

Which resulted in a couple new holes

(this is my thigh, about a 2.5" diameter hole)

(you can see the blood on my face)

And 29 stitches

Watch where you’re going out there.

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Sun, 02 Dec 2018 06:46:41 GMTI have been diagnosed with a fat containing hernia in my abdomen near the site of a prior laproscopic incision. Non-emergency, working through being seen by whoever it is I need to be seen by.
Thoughts on avoiding a repeat occurrence? There appears to be some discussion around the effectiveness...

I have been diagnosed with a fat containing hernia in my abdomen near the site of a prior laproscopic incision. Non-emergency, working through being seen by whoever it is I need to be seen by.

Thoughts on avoiding a repeat occurrence? There appears to be some discussion around the effectiveness of mesh, more incisions just causing more hernias etc. This was likely triggered by a nasty cough I had a few weeks ago.